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Opportunity Summary:

The Partnerships and Outreach grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NCUA6055) is a discretionary grant program run by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) under CFDA 44.002, the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Program for Credit Unions. Its purpose is to help eligible credit unions strengthen community development efforts by either launching new financial products and services or expanding existing offerings to reach additional members and potential members. In practice, the program is designed to support outreach and partnership-driven strategies that improve access to financial services in the communities the credit union serves, especially where there is a clear need for expanded financial inclusion.

This opportunity is strictly limited to credit unions, and not all credit unions qualify. Eligibility is restricted to credit unions that have a low-income designation, either directly from NCUA or from a state supervisory authority with NCUA concurrence. The announcement clearly states the grant is not available to individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, or other non-credit-union entities. The funding is intended to be deployed through the credit union as the direct applicant and award recipient, reflecting the program's focus on building institutional capacity and expanding member-facing services through regulated credit union channels.

NCUA expected to make around 20 awards from an estimated total funding pool of $300,000. Individual awards could be as high as $15,000 (the award ceiling), and the listed award floor is $0, which typically means there is no guaranteed minimum award amount and that proposed budgets and project scopes can vary. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, so applicants are not required to commit non-federal matching dollars to be considered, which can make the program more accessible to smaller or resource-constrained low-income designated credit unions.

Key dates for this funding cycle were straightforward and time-bound. The opportunity was posted on May 3, 2010, with applications due by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on Friday, July 30, 2010. NCUA planned to announce awards on October 15, 2010. The listing indicates an archive date of December 31, 2010, meaning that this particular notice pertains to a past cycle, although the general concept of the initiative may be repeated in other years depending on NCUA program funding and policy priorities.

The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity category is community development, which signals that proposals should be framed around measurable community or member benefits rather than purely internal operational upgrades. While the announcement summary does not enumerate specific allowable activities line by line, the stated intent points toward projects that expand access, availability, or adoption of credit union services through outreach and partnerships. That can include efforts like developing new member service delivery approaches, extending services into underserved areas, collaborating with local organizations to connect residents to safe and affordable financial products, or scaling existing programs so they reach people who are currently unbanked or underbanked. In other words, the emphasis is on delivering tangible financial products and services to real people, not just planning or general marketing.

For applicants who needed the full announcement or had trouble accessing it online, the listed point of contact was Adrienne Grierson, Grant Administrator, reachable by phone at 703-518-6612 or by email at oscuiapps@ncua.gov. The notice also included an additional information link hosted on NCUA's website related to credit union development resources.

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